From mis-timed jumps to save point mishaps, here are the gaming errors we all make again and again There are some mistakes that we make habitually. We can’t help ourselves. Even as we’re doing it, a part of our brain is screaming: “This is...

Whether it’s a natural disaster, bioterrorist attack or pandemic, experts reckon society as we know it will collapse within 13 days of a catastrophic event. So what do you do next? On 22 June, 2013, Tara O’Toole and Thomas Inglesby of the John...

Video game publisher Activision is being sued by the family of Angolan rebel chief Jonas Savimbi, who have objected to his depiction in the game Call of Duty: Black Ops II. Three of Savimbi’s children, who are now based in France, contend that...

A surprisingly high proportion of male youths think female game characters are too often treated as sex objects Many teenage boys are tired of the sexualised depiction of women in video games, according to the finding of a new survey. In the...

The controversial mass-murder simulator has been taken off the leading games distribution site, despite attracting thousands of positive votes Controversial mass-shooting game Hatred has been removed from Steam, the biggest digital gaming...

Zoe Quinn is sitting uncomfortably on a plastic chair, in a small empty room upstairs from the GameCity festival in Nottingham. Outside, above the jagged rows of Victorian shops and houses, the sky is slate grey and a gentle rain has started to...

From Lord of the Rings to Akira, these are the books that have influenced the world’s greatest game designers In the 17 years I’ve spent writing about technology, I have had the good fortune to meet, interview and chat with hundreds...

In 1979, in a computer lab at Essex University, two brilliant young students invented the future of video games. Roy Trubshaw and Richard Bartle were the creators of the Multi-User Dungeon – or simply MUD – a text-based adventure that ran on a...

On Thursday, Rudy Giuliani, the ex-mayor of New York city, went to the Californian supreme court to defend the hit video game Call of Duty: Black Ops II against the imprisoned Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega. Many readers may need a few...

Brianna Wu doesn’t know when she can go home again. She can’t tell me where she is – doing so might not be safe. Last Friday, her personal details were pasted on the chat forum, 8chan. Within minutes she was receiving sickening threats. One...

The actor has hinted at the possibility of a final outing as Ellen Ripley after reiterating her view that the Alien story is unresolved Although the second half of the Alien “quadrilogy” is remembered with mixed feelings by fans of...

Games industry unites to honour role at firm that dominated ‘golden age’ of console gaming He was known as “the godfather of the console”, building the Japanese firm Nintendo from a playing cards manufacturer into one of...

If you love good games and interesting drinks, we have the cocktails for you Last year, we teamed up with James Dance, owner of video game-themed bar Loading, to create a range of cocktails based on our favourite games of 2011. It was such a...

Think of computer game management simulations, and you usually think of aspirational jobs – or at least the things we dreamed of doing as kids. Theme parks, railroads, game development studios, farms – all have featured in this popular...

Cloud-based offering will allow users to synchronize across multiple devices including PCs, tablets and smartphones Zune failed to take on the might of the iTunes music service, but now Microsoft is back for another bite at the cherry or, more...